MakeBottle Tutorial

I do not normally use MFC or the VC++ environment. I actually use Qt for UI development. However, I gave it a shot and I'll do my best to describe the steps:

1 - Create a project using the 3D Viewer AppWizard (ie. bottle). I simply went through the wizard without selecting any custom options. I had to modify the project settings (link tab) to access the CASCADE libraries from the lib directory instead of libd. Compile the project and make sure it runs.

2 - Under the resource view, double click on IDR_3DTYPE under the Menu branch. This displays the menu that is displayed when a document exists in the application. Double click on the empty menu item at the bottom of the File menu and set its ID to ID_BOTTLE and the caption to &Bottle (there is probably a better place for this, but I did this quickly).

3 - Right click on the new menu item and select the class wizard. Let the application create the class wizard resources automatically and cancel if you get an error from IDR_3DTYPE. When presented with the class wizard, may sure the Doc class is selected (CBottleDoc), the ID_BOTTLE object ID, and the COMMAND message. Select the "Add Function" button to add the OnBottle function. Then, select the OnBottle function from the Member functions list and select Edit Code.

4 - Place the following code in the OnBottle function.
TopoDS_Shape aBottle=MakeBottle(50,70,30);
Handle(AIS_Shape) AISBottle=new AIS_Shape(aBottle);
myAISContext->SetMaterial(AISBottle,Graphic3d_NOM_GOLD);
myAISContext->SetDisplayMode(AISBottle,1,Standard_False);
myAISContext->Display(AISBottle, Standard_False);
myAISContext->SetCurrentObject(AISBottle,Standard_False);

5 - Select CBottleDoc from the ClassView, right click and select to add a member function. Set the return type to TopoDS_Shape, set the access to Private, and set the prototype to:
MakeBottle(const Standard_Real myWidth, const Standard_Real myHeight, const Standard_Real myThickness)
Copy the code from the MakeBottle function in MakeBottle.cxx of the tutorial into this function.

6 - Copy all the #include statements from MakeBottle.cxx into the StdAfx.h file in your project. If you are adventurous, remove any duplicates from what is already there.

7 - In the project settings link tab, append the following to the list of Object Libraries/Modules:
TKBool.lib TKBO.lib TKOffset.lib TKPrim.lib TKFeat.lib TKFillet.lib

8 - Compile and run the project. Select Bottle from the file menu (it may take some time to generate the geometry) and select the FitAll toolbutton.

I hope this helps. If you need a finished project, let me know and I can zip it up and e-mail it to you. I strongly suggest, however, that you go through some CASCADE free MFC/Visual C++ tutorials (get a book) before you try to learn CASCADE at the same time.

Rob

As I stated, I do not normally use the VC++ environment or the PCH mechanism. My only suggestion would be to try a "rebuild all" on the project and see what happens. Can anyone else help these poor lost soles?